Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1887-12-13
OXFORD COUNTY HORSE NOTES
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Baoop MARE "A PROMISING Willy
SOME HINTS ron BRrEpras.

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TLoss Who have made The mistake Of
letting their colts remain q. pasture TOO
long the pes, fall. 90 that they have come
to the barn with staring coats ADD .
tendency to run down 10 flesh. will hnd
tha, liiile oil meal given With the grain
gill give them q start 10 gaining and
Gill give them q healthy spP,ii,s to ea,
and dises, proper amount Of Dod. A
pin, day In two feed, will 10 sufficient
Ia mos, cases. The idea that come have
ths, II you once begin 10 feed J, Joa
mus, always keep Il up OF the snimL
will run down. We have found from sS.
pcrisnce TO be all bosh. A healthy, viz.
orou, animal will thrive sad gro~ on
plenty of nutritious food whether they
have ben feed oil meal OF not.
Daiins The winter moo,hs colt. should
be provided With p!aca IN -hieh TO sx.
eiei.- 90 plea.sn, days. whsfe they can
run and frolic wi,hou, danger OF slipping.
Many valuable colts have been seriously
irjar,d by slipping down on icy places.
Colts should be provided with warm
quarters In cold weather. bu, such places
as can be well veniilsrd. for horses and
colts KEEP, Ia elOse. III ventilated stables
are Continually siek with cold. and IN
haenIr.
A sric, watch should be ksp, to the
feet of colts, when stabbed, 20 see that
the toes do no, ge, too loug and turn up.
q. this is common cause Of kingdoms
aad Oh ekle,. Pairing COLI. feet wkea
small also teaches him TO submit TO hsv-
ing his feet handled and saves many
struggle In the blacksmith shop 10 after
years. In case the col, is ffse,ioas
abou, letting you pare hs feet. snd
struggles. pa, q strap IrOasd bis body
back Of the fore legs, attach another TO
the near fore foO,. pass !, through the
one around the body. and you can east
ly pull up the foo, and hold IL. and the
colt. sfisr fading himself beaten. will
give up all Of hi, fee, to be handled.
Decatur Tuner. Of North Baekfsld.
has . mare Of Knox descent which will
doubtless prove very vsluabls .s trood
mare. Sh- was seat from B,s,on two
y.r, sgo by bis 'oa. George Turner.
Who resides In that city. The msfe
stands sboa, sixteen hand, high. will
weigh over eleven hundred pounds. and
~hen 10 shape esa show 2'iO OF better.
She /. nine years old She had colt
las, year by Sam Rseotd's .on Of Pres.
colt. and another ,hi. year BY the same
horse. II We remember correctly. she i'
no~ In fo.l 10 Baby Dean. trsl 2;2a3.
Isaac Turner. Of same place. bs .
good shaped ,hrs.yesr-old hlly got BY
the Adna Tuell horse. 'on Of Detective
P.ieh.n. Dam. f.s, mare kno-n "
Belle Davis. This hlly bids fair to Be =
lively one. She j, good gated and can
20 some nov.
Horace Cummings. Of the Union
House. Paris Hill. takes pleasure IA
leading oar for exercise handsome chest.
nu, wssnlins col, 20, by pdnee l.. and
whose dam vas Mr.. Cammlnss veil
known road mare.
The following. from the pea of"0b'er.
yer." . writer for the Live Stock Journal,
will be found interesting TO breeders;
Farm mares are generally worked
moderately while sucking their io.ls.
They are made to pay their way besides
rearing their colts. They should be led
on nutritious food. Of the bs', quality.
containing the essential oils ihs, produce
bOan,ifal supply Of rich milk. to give
their colt. a good start in the race for
superior form and rare accomplishments.
should the colts. from any cause. fail TO
thrive. they may b, fsd with = little
boiled oats and sesld,d ~hsa, bran. TO
pa, them 10 thriving cOndi'ion aud press
them forward 10 early maturity. The
dan. whsn nouri.hing her youus. should
have some Kind Of green food, such IS
green clover, saeeulsni roots. or rich
cereals, TO increase the flow u milk 10
feed and stimulate the growth Of the
young scion. At the age Of one month.
| The colts will eat bruised oats aud other
.ueeulsn, food, that will give them bone
and muscle. and help to develop = rug.
g,d constitution. Hlgh.bred cllts ATE
generally allowed one qisrt cf oats per
day. sfsr they are one month old,
and t~o quarts at two monihs. with an
equal amount Of whea, bran a. three
months old. There Is no doub, that 9th
or BREEDS q lower grades would be better
IL fed upon these s,imulsnts to early de.
,elopmsni; they would rs.imburse the pro-
pristof for the extra food. by their future
growth aud powerful development. This
mode Of feeding ard raising colts would
10. ccsi more than thirty dollars over and
above the old mode. OF .esn,y supply
Of hay and grass; i, would increase ihsi'
relative value at le.s, four times ss much
ss the extra cost Of production. These
cultivated qualities would prove = prse-
ious inheri,snce II would double up Ia
their de.cendsnis TO fertilizs the blood ol
their ctf,p iug. snd establish a family
whose trs ches would re- appear In 81
the m.j-s,y of rsrownsd stock snsl
beginning, have ie'minaud In gres'
Improvements In the formation Of breed
Of horses. Acquired qusli,ie, are ,r.rs
mitied the same ~ natural rroPeis
ties
Colts slould b. hsli,r.trsksn ~h.l
follo~ing their dams. they teur forge, l.
Onee broksn Alwsys brokea iyIns
s,sis msy be wean,d from ,hsi' d.m'
, ., six months old. They should BE- f.
With cat. ard wheat bran -hsn isks'
, from their mothers milk !, will keel
I them gro~ipg through the hr, ~ia''l
which IL essential % early ma,uni,
The good start lays the foand.ii n. u
bore and substance. fcr . gcol ha'v
Ahy etsek 70 the growth u the yostI
scion the frs, winter will ssldOm lie ..
covered Ia Af,ef years. ~ colt n gl,ct
, ed the 6r.t winter never rseovers IT, pro
, per shape, nor doss |, gro~ the sire sn'
siergih Of body and limbs ~Lich nat
2 urally sppertsin 60 Its breed Tn
breeder can not sfo'd TO ssre his colts
Il l. . fa'al drlu,ion In sable economy
Il takes money out Of the breeders o~'
. pocket, by dsgepsratins hn stuck. !
, vili ultimstslv grade them down a